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Shan Meeting!

Ever met someone you worship? Someone who has captured your attention for a really long time and has definitely achieved hero like rockstar status?

reversecommuter recently met the Founder and Ceo of Shan Swimwear. Can you tell in the pic that I am completely geeking out?!

Chantal Levesque is literally my Mick Jagger. Her swimwear and designs have mesmerized me for over a decade.

I saved up to buy my first Shan bikini (red, kind of James Bond-ie) to take on my honeymoon. My husband recently bought me a new red Shan bikini and told me it reminded him of the honeymoon one. #whattheheckisbetterthanthat #hunkahunkaburninglove

​Shan swimwear is that good. The styles and designs are impactful and beautiful. Chantal knows what women like to wear, and how it should fit. “Quality and design are always the most important details of the line”, this is not only Chantelle’s mantra but it also delivered in every collection.

Trust me, I have bought from almost every Shan collection over the past fifteen years!

Chantal has built up the company from the early days when she herself pulled the pigments out of the prints to create the colors for the collection. “Sometimes it took at least 5 attempts to pull the perfect hue.” Now she has “a great team in place” and doesn’t need to work around the clock. But she still overseas the pallet and colors pulled for each collection.

Shan Spring 2017 might just be her very best. One collection, “Do You think I’m sexy” is sumptuous, luxurious and subtly infused with classical French couture allure.